Film
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Father Knows: THE STEPFATHER (1987)
If there’s a film that’s crippled by its score more than THE STEPFATHER (1987) is, I have yet to see it, thank Christ. The opening credits carry the attribution “Music Composed and Performed by Patrick Moraz,” as if to assure us that there is only one person to carry the blame. And carry it…
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Death is Horrible: ISLE OF THE DEAD (1945)
Of the three films that Boris Karloff acted in for producer Val Lewton’s horror unit at RKO, ISLE OF THE DEAD (1945) tends to get the short shrift. This is a bit of an unfair match, especially when one of the other movies is THE BODY SNATCHER (1945), directed by Robert Wise and based…
Haunted Cruz 